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Offshore Sea Life: East Coast, Birds of Pennsylvania, & Texas Birds: Three Books, Three Reviews

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All of these titles deal with birding in specific North American geographic areas: The Atlantic coast, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The first edition of the TOS (Texas Ornithological Society) Handbook of Texas Birds by Mark W. It’s time for some short book reviews. Well, short for me.

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Spring Migration on South Padre Island, Texas

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There are a few spectacles in the birding community that are high energy, happen quickly, and is worth any effort to experience it. One such experience is a bird grounding event, sometimes called a fallout. South Padre Island in south Texas is a popular destination to see some of these migrants.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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Today’s vagrant could be tomorrow’s resident, a change that is visibly happening with, for example, the Clay-colored Thrush in southern Texas. Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy. It’s not always easy reading.

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Peeps and Beer!

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It was with a mix and horror and skepticism that I first read about the unholy marriage of Peeps and beer recently perpetrated by Fort Worth brewers The Collective Brewing Project and their partners in this crime at Lone Star Taps & Caps. But its release party is tonight, if you’re in the Fort Worth area. “Fat free”?

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A Day in Anchorage

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I’ve tackled Texas, collected in California, fooled around in Florida. What an incredible experience. I’ve been fortunate enough to see a lot of the Lower 48. I’ve even paid a few calls to Massachusetts in the dead of winter for finches and owls. But until this past month, I’d never been to Alaska.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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The Refuge has also become a place where people can experience and learn about wildlife and the places they call home, whether through self-guided discovery or by participating in one of our many educational programs. The only answer I can come up with is that they collect fees from those users and view them as their only source of revenue.

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees–A Field Guide Review

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This is more than a collection of species accounts. ” They conclude that many non-vocalizing Empidonax flycatchers can be identified in the field, but only “when several field characters are used in combination–and after one has gained experience in looking at these characters on singing/calling and captive birds (i.e.,